Weekly Articles
Prayers from the Past
By Father Casey In the runup to our nation’s semiquincentennial, I’ve traded in reading the news for reading history. I wanted to reacquaint myself with the origins of the nation, and I also remembered the great quote
Faith Re-Imagined
By Bailey Roberts When I decided to study theology, I had never read the Bible. Heck, I had barely even darkened the door of a church. I was critical, reckless with my doubt, and deeply skeptical of
Conflict and Loyalty
Contrary to the sentiment behind a very popular book from several decades ago, we didn’t actually learn everything we need to know in kindergarten. We certainly begin the journey toward a healthy and good life then, but there
The Wings of Vultures
By Father CaseyIn the church of my childhood, the Scriptures were read from a big brass eagle. Oh, how I loved it! It presented a somewhat awkward platform for the large Bible that we read from, but that
Expansive Language Revisited
In my twelve years as rector, I can’t remember such a strong response to one of my Friday messages! Last week I shared with you the directive given by Bishop Price that we would no longer be
End of Expansive Language
By Father Casey Back in 2018, Transfiguration embraced some targeted revisions to The Book of Common Prayer approved by General Convention and known as “expansive language.” These revisions were intended to lessen the dependence on masculine pronouns for